Treated myself to a three-piece dining table. I needed a place to sit, eat, or work properly at home, and this small table perfectly fits into my setup. It took about four hours to assemble, but totally worth it! Loving it already – perfect to enjoy a cup of coffee and read with plenty of natural lighting.

No better start to FriYAY than some morning brewin’. On my drive back from Indy, I stopped by a shop in Cincinnati called Collective Espresso and bought beans sourced from Sweet Bloom out of Denver. This coffee. Unbelievable. Hands down one of the best pours I’ve ever made, just wow. I’ve explored a lot of the specialty coffee heavyweight names like Intelligentsia, La Colombe, and Blue Bottle, but I think I ought to seek out these smaller roasters like Sweet Bloom. Sooo good!

It’s all about getting one for The Land. I love Steph, Ayesha, Riley, and Ryan as much as everyone else, but I think it’s about time LeBron pulls through for Cleveland. After a long, lackadaisical day at work, nothing beats kicking it at home and watching playoff basketball.

I’ve heard many people rave about a book that preaches to “never have lunch alone”. A solo lunch is sometimes the most blissful thing during my day. Some days you just don’t want to deal with people. An IDFWU type of mood. What’s wrong with that? Right now it’s just me, coconut water, and the fresh air. It’s relaxing, it’s therapeutic.
Speaking of coconut water, I’m planning a little experiment tonight: coffee cold brewed in coconut water. My intuition tells me this will be disastrous. Expect a post in the coming days!

Driving back to Atlanta today, but I’m taking a different route. Hopped eastward to Cincinnati and planning to head straight down 75 to Atlanta. I found this awesome shop in Cincinnati called Collective Espresso. Can’t remember the last time I had a solid shot of straight espresso. Just perfect.

Home court. This is the neighborhood tennis court in my hometown. Brownsburg, Indiana. My brother and I played so many times at this court when he was in college and I was in middle school. Life has changed immensely since, and now we revisit this court today with his babies running behind us. What a time to be alive.

I’m out grocery shopping with my mom and we saw baby clothes and of course had to pick something out for our dearest Mimi. I’m glad to see my mom back on her feet and active again. When I was last in Indy about three months ago, she underwent intense back surgery and stayed in the hospital for over a week. I stayed there with her each night, thankfully because I was in between jobs at the time. Right when she got back home from the hospital, I had to fly back to Atlanta to start my new gig. At the time she was wearing a neck brace and couldn’t walk at all. But she’s a true warrior, nothing can stop her. Just look at her today, happy and mobile as ever.

Solo road trip. Heading home for the long weekend, just entered Kentucky. Dense traffic, so I’m slowly cruising and jamming out to Corinne Bailey Rae’s latest album The Heart Speaks in Whispers. Might be the most beautiful album I’ve ever heard, keeping me sane during this solo 10 hour drive.

I’m all about reusing instead of merely recycling. This is my water bottle. When I raise the bottle to my mouth, I get a wonderful whiff of grape jelly. Even after weeks of daily use, that lovely scent remains! Brilliant. Best water bottle ever.

Back at it after a week hiatus of posts. It’s been an interesting past few days. My vehicle registration expired and my car failed an emissions test. I’ll have to do a $1300 repair before retesting and then renewing registration. And sadly I’ve already been pulled over twice by cops for my expired tag. But alas, this is my week’s drama and I have to handle it. Thankfully I have family in the burbs who I can stay with during my car-less days. Merely 2 miles from the office, wow. Such a short commute makes the burbs kinda appealing.